The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (2026): Bm/62
This is my cover of The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. An iconic song/story played out in 6/8 time. I tried to convey movement in this song with sliding bass notes, Slide guitar moving between chords and the Bass vocal background moving as well. All designed to simulate the feeling of a ship on rough seas. I sang the melody in a lower vocal register to add some darkness to the song. I found a cool vocal done by a group called Home Free on YouTube and that gave me the idea for some bass background vocal parts (the Boom and Bang words)
Vocals - Me on the main melody
Vocals - Me doing 3 part harmony on the Boom & Bang words
Drums - Split from the original recording
Bass - My Vantage bass playing sliding notes
Acoustic - My Peppino playing chords panned 100% Left
Elec Gtr - My Fender Strat playing licks panned Centre
Elec Gtr - My Fender Strat playing Rhythm and arpeggios panned 44% Left
Slide - My Hondo Strat playing slide panned 100% Right
Organ - My Midi keyboard playing organ panned 45% Right